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使ってみましょう and 使いましょう

Do they mean the same thing?


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Is there any difference between 使ってみましょう and 使いましょう？


使ってみましょう is a trial. The meaning: "Try to use" 使いましょう just mean "Use".


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使ってみましょう - let's try to use it / let's use it and see what happens
(contextual)

使いましょう - let's use it


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They are the しょう forms of two different verbs.

使ってみましょう is the polite variant of 使ってみよう. The root verb is 使ってみる (使ってみます),
which means "to try using"

使いましょう is the polite variant of 使おう which is the volitional form of 使う (使います)
which means "to use"

The places where you use these two are different.

For instance, 冷蔵庫を使いましょう = let's use the refrigerator -- we know it works and
we are going to use it.

whereas 冷蔵庫を使ってみましょう = let's try to use the refrigerator -- we are going to
test out the fridge somewhere we have not been for a while (like a cabin) and
hope that it works for what we want.


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